John McAfee, founder of the antivirus software company that bears his name, has called out laziness and the likes of Google as two of the contributing factors to the "eroded nature of privacy in our lives today".

John McAfee is back in the technology industry he "can't seem to escape" with a miniature personal network device that connects to others without revealing who the owner is in order to provide anonymous access to information.

As brokers of reliable information about the scale of online crime and espionage, most information security vendors would make great used car salesmen. McAfee's latest research finally takes the right path.

The security vendor believes the March cyberattacks which hit banks and news agencies were part of a long term espionage campaign, dubbed "Operation Troy", aimed at stealing military and government data.